Leicester welcome Scarlets this weekend in the Heineken Cup and it promises to be a cracking encounter as both teams came away with 5 points from Round 1. Leicester had to fight all the way in Treviso and should get the win this weekend. Team selection key and hopefully a strong squad will be ready for this game. Bring it on.
I think Scarlets have their injury problems this season too, so this will perhaps be a case of "team spirit versus team spirit" as neither side will be putting out near to our first XV.
It is always a shame that teams are unable to field their 'best' squads in such high profile matches. The Scarlets haven't been hit as hard as they were last season but will be missing George North and Andy Fenby from their backline, and maybe John Davies as well. This may not seem much but Davies and North are huge ball carriers out wide and their ability to penetrate the Tigers' defence will be a big loss.
This won't help their cause,being a first choice second row down.
lol. honest now mate, he`s nowhere near first choice, he would have lost his place on the bench if it wasn`t gav q getting his unfortunate injury.
he was meant to strengthen our options. he`s been a big dissapointment. he came on for 5 mins and got binned for 10.
in a game against aironi we were leading like 40 odd points to 3, and he missed a tackle to let them score at the end. he`s poor, and won`t be missed. most scarlet fans are hoping he`s banned so he can`t be a liability.
tigerburnie wrote:
he`s poor, and won`t be missed. most scarlet fans are hoping he`s banned so he can`t be a liability.
I was going to ask your views on this citing, but you answered my question for me! Who will replace him on the bench?
Really looking forward to this game, on paper the first 'real' test of the season at WR (I know Exeter took us all the way but on paper). Hoping for a fast running, high scoring game, with Tigers coming out on top of course.
Note to Tigers:-
Do not give away stupid penalties, or a cetain S Jones will punish us!
tigerburnie wrote:
he`s poor, and won`t be missed. most scarlet fans are hoping he`s banned so he can`t be a liability.
I was going to ask your views on this citing, but you answered my question for me! Who will replace him on the bench?
Really looking forward to this game, on paper the first 'real' test of the season at WR (I know Exeter took us all the way but on paper). Hoping for a fast running, high scoring game, with Tigers coming out on top of course.
Note to Tigers:-
Do not give away stupid penalties, or a cetain S Jones will punish us!
jonny fa will probably be replaced with dominic day. who in fairness has started a good few game so far anyway, its just he`s been in and out, either starting or back in the rfc side. now they`ll have to go with him.
our 1st choice lock imo is damien welch, he is injured at the moment. vernon cooper is having an indian summer to his career. really playing well so far for us. its the scrum that worries me. but we are used to that. perpignan had a good scrum and gave us problems in the first quarter. but we settled down and held our own. iestyn and smiler are good front rowers, its rhys thomas at 3 who can be a liabilty. he was brought in to fix our creaking scrum, and although its doesn`t go backwards like it used to, it can still have the odd problem. we`ve coped with other good scrums so far though.
from our point of view, and what sort of game we`ll be wanting to play, foxy is crucial in a game this big.
